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Entries for November, 2009

Happy Thanksgiving

May you enjoy a long holiday weekend. I hope you enjoy spending time with friends of family over the Thanksgiving holiday. Kelly

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The Sole Proprietor

The beauty of entrepreneurship is that it is available to anyone. Many new business owners start their business without any legal entity structure, such as a Limited Liability Company, S-Corporation or Corporation. While an entity structure is not necessary to operate your business, it does protect you and your family. Some of the benefits of [...]

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The Limited Liability Company (LLC)

The entity structure known as a Limited Liability Company (LLC) offers a lot of flexibility for small businesses. There are four options for an LLC, 1) to be treated as a partnership, 2) as an S-Corporation, 3) as a Corporation or 4) as a single member LLC. While all offer limited liability protection for the [...]

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The Answer – A Book Review

A networking group that I belong to decided to use a series of books as business building tools. One of the books they chose was The Answer by John Assaraf and Murray Smith. Overall I thought the book was helpful, but found it a little cumbersome at times when they went into detail about how [...]

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Does Your Business Use Social Media?

I know this seems like a silly question, as most businesses from coffee shops to hospitals are using social media these days. But not all industries have caught onto the benefits of these tools. My husband and I have had conversations about whether or not Accounting Firms would benefit from social media tools. He thinks [...]

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Creating a Successful Business Plan

Do you want to start a new business? Ever thought of writing a business plan? Think you can just start your new venture without one? You can, but how will you know what you need to do next? The main reason people write a plan is to obtain funding from a bank or investor. But [...]

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